Defense questions alleged victim in forced labor case

YOUNGSTOWN -- An attorney representing a man accused of raping and torturing a cognitively impaired woman today tried to paint his client as a victim.
Jessica L. Hunt, 31, and Jordie L. Callahan, 26, are on trial in Ohio's Northern District Federal Court for the alleged imprisonment, physical abuse and rape of Shannon Eckley.
Eckley lived with Hunt and Callahan in their Ashland home from May 2010 until Oct. 25, 2012, when she was arrested for shoplifting.
Eckley also was charged with child endangerment, and her 5 year-old daughter was placed in foster care after Callahan showed police a video he had recorded of Eckley striking her child.